If Manchester wants to be on top of the log, then they need to win games that they should. Their more difficult games against the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool are the games that is 50/50 stuff. Against the likes of Bolton, it is just plain shocking to lose.
United’s loss gives Arsenal a three points lead over United and is the first win for Bolton’s new coach, Gary Megson and just maybe we should be keeping an eye out for the new coach.
In a surprise move it was Sir Alex Ferguson who decided to rest star striker Christiano Ronaldo and let me tell you something, he must be kicking himself. United never looked like scoring and lack the creativity in the center field and as well as out wide.
Bolton took the lead after just ten minutes as Nicolas Anelka controlled Ivan Campo’s ball into the box before neatly swiveling and guiding the ball into the back of United’s net.
Bolton’s physical approach has upset opposing managers before and Ferguson’s complaints over a couple of wild challenges from Kevin Davies on Patrice Evra saw him consigned to the stands for the second half. I say ha-ha because he himself got over confident in his teams ability and look where it landed him.
From his new vantage point he saw his side continue to be frustrated by a combination of poor finishing and excellent goalkeeping from Jussi Jaaskelainen.
The Finn was at full stretch to divert a stinging free-kick from Owen Hargreaves, but was just a spectator shortly after when Carlos Tevez contrived to push his shot wide from little more than a yard out. How frustrating was that, I bet you Sir Alex swore continually for 10 minutes. It was actually embarrassing to see a player of Tevez’s skill miss an opportunity like that. Yes he has a lot of talent, but man he lacks the killer instinct that United so much needs.
In a desperate last few minutes Van der Sar added to the attacking effort with a cameo appearance upfield for a corner, but the equaliser still refused to arrive
Oh boy, where do I start. Man, we looked like the English national team out there lolz! 0 cohesieveness (probably mis-spelled but I don’t care). It seems without Rooney and Ronaldo we don’t tick too hard up front. Saha has had next to no games this season, give the guy a BIT of a break. Giggs and Nani have to start producing in the R&R’s abscence. Ok and Riaan, do your homework. The gooners already basically had a 3 point lead over us given their game at hand, so there’s no real loss in seing it in the actual numbers. Also, Ronaldo is a winger not a striker. That’s just plain stupid to miss. O and in terms of resting him, he picked up a knock, which you would have known had you bothered to read anything about the match instead of blindly spouting off about it. I’d MUCH rather see one loss without him than a draw and a string of losses because we played him and he really screwed himself up. O and as for Ferguson getting mad over the tackles on Evra and the others, that damn ref had better be glad it was the old guy and not, say, Keano getting mad about those. If it HAD been Keano he’d be looking at a lifetime ban for beating th s**t out of a ref. Horrible calls, or should I say lack thereof. A classic case of yet another poor ref job brought to you by the FA’s incompitent lackies.
Mon ami, did another nasty foreigner put the boot to the “best squad ever”? Without C. Ronaldo and Rooney what has ManU got, Nani and the sneering teen sensation Anderson. Arsenal will surely be having nightmares about those two, not.
How about your Carling Cup run? What’s that you say, your “B” team are out already. Too bad (Heh, heh, heh!).
Mark Clattenberg: MOTD!
Shame Arsenal doesn’t have a B team. If Wenger would ever decide to build a squad consisting of more than 12 interchangeable players he might actually be able to contend in the last few months of the season. Which o yeah hasn’t happened in the last few seasons. Also, as for Nani and Anderson my naive moronic friend, Look at Ronaldo, who has DESTROYED your prescious arsenHOLE in the past few seasons. The next few will be funny. Without Henry you CANNOT beat us. Just wait till we have 3 midfield players tearing your HOLES wide open.
Season 2006-2007: Arsenal 2 wins over ManU with our 12 interchangeables. Fabregas steals the ball from C. Ronaldo and feeds Adebayor for the winner at rat-infested OT.
Shame Henry got the winner in both of those games. Shame you don’t have him anymore. Shame you can’t beat us anymore. Shame the Emerates is a craphole that arenHOLE can’t get a consistant record in. And the rats add character. Shame that pit you all play in has none.
The MU is nothing without Mr Cristiano Ronaldo and with the recent aquisition of Nani. Their Fantastic!!! CRonaldo is going to be the Best Player of 2008!
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